To count in ratio practitioners must hold a paediatric first aid qualification
The new Statutory Framework for the Early year’s foundation stage has been released; it will be effective from April 2017. Within this new document, it states
.All newly qualified entrants to the early years workforce who have completed a level 2 and/or level 3 qualification on or after 30 June 2016, must also have either a full PFA or an emergency PFA certificate within three months of starting work in order to be included in the required staff:child ratios at level 2 or level 3 in an early years setting.
Not only has the new statutory framework been released but a u-turn on the GCSE requirements has been shared by Education Miniter Caroline Dinenage during a speech launching the Government’s Early Years Workforce Strategy. From April Functional skills are to be reinstated as an alternative qualification for Level 3 early years educators.
The decision to accept functional skills as an equivalent forms part of an Early Years Workforce Strategy; the move is to take place in April ahead of the rollout of the government’s 30-hour free childcare entitlement for three- and four-year-olds this September.